As more and more research is done on the subject,
it’s becoming clearer that having healthy sex is essential to a healthy life. Sex
can even help you to live longer. According to Dr. Irwin Goldstein, Director of
Sexual Medicine at Alvarado Hospital, if you read the latest research, “you can’t
conclude anything else but that it’s healthy to have sexual activity.”
The research being done pinpoints a few specific — and
surprising — health benefits that result from having a healthy and active sex
life. Healthline examines a dozen of the most proven and interesting findings.

Sex fights colds and the flu
According to a
study done at Wilkes University, people who have sex
a couple of times a week tend to have much higher amounts of the antibody
immunoglobulin A (IgA) than those who have sex less than once a week. What does
that mean? “IgA is the first line of defense against colds and flu,” says
Carl Charnetski, one of the resear…